Longstone
Longstone is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. The area is primarily residential in nature, although the area includes several small shops, eateries and supermarkets, as well as one of the main bus depots for the city's buses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Longstone, Edinburgh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Edinburgh and Kingsknowe railway station.
HM Prison Edinburgh
Prison
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HMP Edinburgh is located in the west of Edinburgh on the main A71, in an area now known as Stenhouse, and, although never named as such, has commonly been known as Saughton Prison from the old name for the general area.
Kingsknowe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kingsknowe railway station is a railway station serving Kingsknowe in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. It is located on the Shotts Line from Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley via Shotts.
Slateford Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Jamesx12345, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Slateford Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Union Canal over the Water of Leith at Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland. Completed in 1822, it has eight arches and spans a length of 500 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingsknowe and Parkhead.
Kingsknowe
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingsknowe is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of Craiglockhart, and borders Wester Hailes, Slateford and Longstone.
Parkhead
Suburb
Photo: Departure92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parkhead is a residential area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It was one of the smallest wards in the Edinburgh City Council before a reorganisation into larger multi-member wards in 2007; since then it has been part of the Sighthill/Gorgie ward.
Saughton
Suburb
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saughton is a suburb of the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, bordering Broomhouse, Stenhouse, Longstone and Carrick Knowe. In Lowland Scots, a "sauch" is a willow.
Longstone
- Category: locality
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.92317° or 55° 55′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.26206° or 3° 15′ 43″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C7RWPFQ+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 2496696329OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Longstone” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Longstone”
- Spanish: “Longstone”
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Highlights include Slateford Longstone Parish Church and Longstone Community Centre.
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